It’s Halloween this weekend ( basically one of my most favorite american holidays, back in South Africa we didn’t get to trick-or-treat at all)!!! Katrin and I, and our dogs, got into the spirit of things… I was a beehive.…

It’s no secret that things on the farm slow down significantly during the cooler months. Sure, there’s cover crop to plant, winter greens to harvest, raised beds to plan and build, and some beautiful bulbs to get into the ground,…

Also – there’s a Georgia Sweet Squash in there. Last week the Oregonian came by and took some great pictures of our kids, which are now up on oregonlive… Check them out here: http://photos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2010/10/youth_farm_program_1.html Hugs through the internet, Mia, Katrin…

It’s happened – our first tigger melon is ripening( and it’s beautiful!). We (Katrin and Mia) are so tempted to take a bite… But we won’t. : ) We’re going to wait until Josh can make it in and taste…

Well, actually, the Late Blight ate our tomatoes. Same thing. : ( We were hoping that it was just a one off when the first tomato started looking bruised…then another turned watery brown, and then another. Alas, we never got…

This past week saw our end of summer party/fall program kick off. What better way to celebrate than carve up some pumpkins?! The best part about our pumpkin carving party is that it allows our very adult teens to just…

We mention often how very much we love the Tigard Tualatin School District and their willingness to partner and support the Youth Farm. Today, as I (mia) taught the last lesson in our four week Food Revolution 101 class, with…

Our friends at the Durham Education Center came over to the farm today, and with their help 1/2 our fall crop got in the ground. All our salad greens were harvested and the beds were turned. Then we got down…